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General information Ryzen 5 3500X FX-8120
Launched Q4 2019 Q4 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD AMD
Socket AM4 AM3+
Series Name AMD Ryzen 5 AMD FX
Core Family Name Matisse Zambezi
Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 3.1 GHz 13.9 %
Turbo Clock 4.1 GHz 0 % 4 GHz 2.4 %
Cores 6 25 % 8 0 %
Threads 6 25 % 8 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 48 % 125 W 0 %
Lithography 7 nm 78.1 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 64 kB Data
4 × 64 kB Data
8 × 16 kB Instruction
L2 Cache 6 × 512 kB
8 × 1 MB
L3 Cache 2 × 16 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No No
Performance Ryzen 5 3500X FX-8120
Overall Score 54025 0 % 41624 23 %
Future Proof 73 % 0 % 27 % 63 %
Benchmark Score 8519 0 % 3002 64.8 %
Single Thread Score 2485 0 % 1321.7 46.8 %
Encrypting Data 7270.1 MB/s 0 % 1462.4 MB/s 79.9 %
Compressing Data 141.4 MB/s 0 % 76.5 MB/s 45.9 %
String objects sorting 16275 thousand/s 0 % 10277.7 thousand/s 36.8 %
Prime numbers generation 118.8 millions/s 0 % 24.9 millions/s 79.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 32781.6 millions/s 0 % 17419.5 millions/s 46.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 22952.9 millions/s 0 % 8786.4 millions/s 61.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Ryzen 5 3500X, FX-8120.

Average frames per second Ryzen 5 3500X FX-8120
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 115.1 FPS 78.3 FPS
High settings 184.2 FPS 125.3 FPS
Medium settings 230.3 FPS 156.7 FPS
Low settings 287.8 FPS 195.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 32 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Ryzen 5 3500X FX-8120
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 145.8 FPS 124.0 FPS
High settings 233.3 FPS 198.3 FPS
Medium settings 291.6 FPS 247.9 FPS
Low settings 364.5 FPS 309.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 15 %
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